True to their word, Ad Hoc Art continues showcasing their artists despite the September closure of their permanent Bushwick space. The gallery recently coordinated a new wall painting by M-City, his New York debut in Long Island City. Stenciled in black and white, the mural featuring the Polish street artist’s signature collage of buildings and smokey machinery is a fitting complement to the dreariness of the street’s dirty snow and ice. Read more »

This Friday, Ad Hoc Art opens “I Know There is Love,” the final exhibition in their Bogart Street gallery. Working on a collaborative installation, artists Armsrock and Chris Stain bring their images of working-class peoples and human struggles in off the street. Along with artist Ezra Li Eismont in the project room, the show opens from 7 to 10 PM and is on view through September 6th at 49 Bogart Street. Following the show’s closure, Ad Hoc Art will jettison the space but continue showcasing and supporting the community of artists they’ve created in recent years through other venues, including an “artist residency, education center, and creative think tank” they’re building in Vermont. Read the full Ad Hoc Art manifesto after the jump. Read more »

Tonight, Ad Hoc Art in Bushwick opens an exhibition of work by Gaia and Imminent Disaster. The two street artists, both creating their divergent images in black and white palettes, have installed their work indoors. The show opens from 7 to 10 PM tonight and remains on view through July 26th at 49 Bogart Street in Bushwick.

CRASH and DAZE, two legends of New York City’s graffiti movement, join forces on Friday night with the opening of their new exhibition at Ad Hoc Art. In addition to new collaborative paintings, the first in more than a decade, the two artists will show their own unseen works: CRASH’s pop art letter abstractions and DAZE’s nostalgic odes to the time before clean trains. The show opens from 7 to 10 PM on Friday and remains on view through June 14th at 49 Bogart Street in Bushwick. Click the images above for a sample of the work on display. After the jump, a video of the artists explaining how they went from painting subway cars to galleries. Read more »